Powerful hurricane strikes Grozny, Chechnya, woman killed
12:56, 28 August 2016
ASTANA. KAZINFORM A powerful hurricane hit Chechnya on Saturday evening. Accompanied by heavy rainfall and hail, the hurricane killed Heda Salimsultanova, a 21-yearl-old citizen of Grozny.
The woman was trapped by a wall of a house. She died of multiple injuries in a hospital. One more woman and a child were rescued from a car trapped by a fallen tree.
A 57-year-old man was hospitalized too.
In whole, 70 buildings and social facilities were damaged by the hurricane in Grozny. The city declared state of emergency.